segrass locally?

[GreshamH]

http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=10637

LINK FAIL but got fixed when I quoted you

IMO/IME that mini eel grass (Asian) was not sourced from Aquaria but rather from bait. I have seen bait, normally worms, packed in eel grass (shipped from Asia).

 

[GreshamH]

Sounds perfect for a fuge then

I'm thinking of putting Pickleweed with Dodder in my surge/mangrove/fuge since it has an area above water just perfect for it

Pickleweed? The local species or a tropical one? If the latter, where are you getting it from? Interested to know how it does in full saltwater....

local stuff but does fine in warmer waters. A researcher I have been talking with for closer to 20 years is giving me some. He does a lot of work at Elkhorn Slew but currently (last few years) has been doing bio-fuel research. can't say more in public but can talk to you offline about it. Kinda all ready aid to much :lol:

 

[GreshamH]

Anyone have any experience with "oar grass" aka Halophila decipiens?

http://reefcleaners.org/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=88&category_id=6&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=34

 

[Matt_Wandell]

It grows about as fast as Caulerpa, but is easily controlled with tangs/rabbitfish. Although it is supposed to grow in the sand it will climb right up onto rocks and smother corals, and it puts down roots that are hard to remove.

 

[GreshamH]

So not ideal for my mangrove system since I can't have any herbivorous fish and I don't want to have to "manage" it

 

[Gomer]

I'm keeping my eye out on a slow growing, controllable grass that doesn't need really deep sand.

 

[phishphood]

I think that's what I have in my tank, but it's not doing the greatest. ie almost no growth at all after a few months. The sand bed isn't the deepest though. Is it supposed to be worse than stargrass?

 

[Gomer]

stargrass as in Heteranthera zosterifolia? That stuff is a weed :-D (fw weed)

 

[phishphood]

Nopes, meant H. engalmannii FWIW, isn't H. decipiens paddle grass vs H. ovalis (oar grass)?

edit: H. as in Halophila, not the FW one.

 

[GreshamH]

That's not what John at Reef Cleaners says. Given he has to get permits for this stuff, and if he takes the wrong stuff he can get a hefty fine so I'm taking his word It's just another reason I like to use the latin and why common names suck!@

Oar grass, (Halophila decipiens), is a low lying seagrass that is relatively easy to keep, and does not require the deep sand bed, or intense lighting other seagrasses do.

http://reefcleaners.org/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=88&category_id=6&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=34

 

[phishphood]

woops! yup, you're right. ditto on the latin though. Google "paddle grass" and the first 2 entries come up calling it h. decipiens heh. But I do have the H. decipiens from John in my tank right now.